Season's Greetings ATTC players
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ATTC
Closed – Wed. Jan. 1st.
Bill Kochenderfer organized our Special RR on Monday
12/23 and had this report:
The Super No Pressure Extra Special Monday
Christmas Round Robin was held December 23rd –
Among those
gracing the playing tables with their presence was Paula Dwelly, absent for
some time but keen to see if her hitting skills were sharp (Paula is a founding
member of the club, holding Player ID #19).
Also we welcomed first time visitor Joel Megerssa.
With
T-Shirts at stake, the play was friendly but focused, with only a few
fisticuffs but no weapons (apart from paddles) were used.
Tamara
Chappell and Jon Saunders claimed shirts
from Group D – with Tamara sweeping the group 4-0 in her 2nd seeded
position. In Group C – Chris Ziyalan
swept the group, leaving a 3 way tie for 2nd, with Michael
Carlson sporting the best won-loss percentage and claiming a shirt.
In
Group B – US Nationals Competitor Larry Scott, war weary and recently returned
from that competition (i.e. the day before), could not hold his top slot in the
group, and Ricky Pisanu toughed out the victory on the table, followed
by Chris Lim, who clearly has been benefiting from undisclosed training
sessions (and of course his personal rooting section), striking from the 5th
seed position to claim a T Shirt as well.
Group A
brought another US Nationals player and his training staff – specifically James
Therriault who won the U 2200 US Nationals this past weekend. A smashing victory.
James’ not-so-secret training partners, John Hanna and also George
Seicean, made the trek to Auburn as well in hopes
of a pre-Christmas T Shirt grab. Nobody
established world domination in the event, with a 3 way tie for 1st
between James, Bill Kochenderfer, and Tom Spesick as they
all went 3-1. Of the 10 matches played, 6 went to 5 games, a testament to the
ferocious desires to win an $11 T Shirt.
We are back to regular “open play” Monday the 30th!
Results
are in –
in our twice annual “Best Record” and “Most Improved” categories. A minimum of
15 appearances is necessary to qualify, some
players already have enough appearances. Awards given out to the top 3
positions in both categories are provided by JZ at tabletennisonly.com. Award night will be announced in the near future.
2013
Second Half Winners:
Best
Record - Sergey Tsvor 80.8% 1st Place, Tom Spesick 66.3% 2nd
Place, Bill Kochenderfer 60.9% 3rd Place.
Most
Improved - Larry
Scott +195 1st Place, Rick Henderson +113 2nd
Place, Grant Connell +57 3rd
Place.
Check out
the current standings in our Trends area
and previous winners on our “Top
Players Page”.
For Wed.
night, - if you will be late (after 6:45 pm), be sure to call or text Tom at
530-613-0101 or Bill at 530-368-6561 and let them know. If you reach us, we
will get you on a table.
Tom
Spesick
http://www.auburntabletennis.com/
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